Undocumented Immigrant

America Ferrera's Message To Latino Voters: 'Don't Let Anyone Scare You'

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.31.2012

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In 1994, America Ferrera was 9-years-old and living with her family in Los Angles when her mother took her aside for a conversation adults who are not...

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Fingerprinting Of Immigrants Stirs Privacy Debate

Posted 05.31.2012

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Police officers have drastically increased their use of fingerprinting technologies to track immigrants and non-criminals, according to a new report. ...

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Undocumented Immigrants Arrested In Phony UPS Van

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

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NILAND, Calif. -- It was a special delivery indeed – 13 suspected undocumented immigrants from Mexico stuffed in a phony UPS van. The U.S. Border...

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Mitt Romney Begins To Stir In Fight For U.S. Hispanic Votes

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

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* Republican candidate to address Latino group in Washington * Romney faces huge deficit with this key voting bloc * Whi...

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For Latino Voters, Immigration NOT The Biggest Campaign Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.09.2012

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When she was 12, Magali Sanchez's parents divorced. Her mother, unable to find work in Mexico that would feed the family, made a desperate decision. ...

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Whistleblowers Face Deportation

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.08.2012

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In September 2008, Hurricanes Ike and Gustav ravaged cities along the Texas coast. Ambitious contractors and those just eager to help went looking for...

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Website Allows People To Report Suspected Undocumented Immigrants

Posted 05.07.2012

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A website called 'Illegal Alien Report' has surfaced on the the web, allowing people to publish reports about "illegal alien activity and border secur...

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Undocumented Immigrant Offers To Leave, Gets Locked Up Instead

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.04.2012

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Kalsum Pangkey, a 56-year-old undocumented immigrant from Indonesia, went to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on April 25 to report that ...

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Obama Touts Immigration Reform At White House Cinco de Mayo Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 05.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama celebrated the contributions of Hispanic Americans Thursday at a Cinco de Mayo reception in the White House Rose ...

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May Day Protests Show Weak Immigration Movement

AP | KATE BRUMBACK and PETER PRENGAMAN | Posted 05.02.2012

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ATLANTA -- While a black preacher told 100 immigration protesters that incarcerated blacks and detained immigrants faced similar challenges, Jesse Mor...

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Dead Mexican Teen's Family To Pursue Suit V. Agent

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

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EL PASO, Texas -- A lawyer for the family of a 15-year-old Mexican boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in 2010 says they will press on with their...

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U.S. Scrambles After Huge Surge Of Child Immigrants Caught Crossing Border

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 04.28.2012

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McALLEN, Texas -- An unprecedented surge of children caught trudging through South Texas scrublands or crossing at border ports of entry without their...

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New Mexico Governor's Grandfather Was A U.S. Citizen

AP | BARRY MASSEY | Posted 04.28.2012

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SANTA FE, N.M. -- Ever since taking office last year as the nation's first Hispanic female governor, New Mexico's Susana Martinez found her family tre...

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BREAKING: ICE To Suspend Over 16,000 Deportations

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 04.25.2012

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SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Immigration officials have offered to shelve 7.5 percent of deportation cases under a massive review of the backlogged U.S. syste...

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Controversial Arizona Immigration Law Reaches Supreme Court

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 04.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is questioning Arizona's tough "show me your papers" law aimed at driving undocumented immigrants out of the state, am...

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Number Of U.S. Undocumented Immigrants From Mexico Drops

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The number of Mexican immigrants living illegally in the U.S. has dropped significantly for the first time in decades, a dramatic shift ...

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12 Undocumented Immigrants Hospitalized After Hit-And-Run

The Huffington Post | Cristina Costantini | Posted 04.24.2012

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Local authorities are still searching for the driver that sent twelve undocumented immigrants to the hospital in the border town of Progreso, Texas ov...

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Conservative Pollsters Deny Being Partisan

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 04.20.2012

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Get out your salt shakers. Two new polls from conservative organizations, the Hispanic Leadership Network, and the Libre Initiative, purport to s...

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Military Base As Shelter For Immigrant Children

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 04.19.2012

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Air Force turned a San Antonio Air Force base into temporary shelter for 100 undocument...

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Rubio Tries To Find Middle Ground On Immigration

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's push for a Republican version of immigration legislation looks like the answer to the election-year prayers ...

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Student Passes Bar But May Not Be Able To Practice

Posted 05.17.2012

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Jose Godinez-Samperio, 25, graduated at the top of his class at Florida State University’s College of Law. But the aspiring lawyer may not get to pr...

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Court Upholds Ban On Texas Immigrant Housing Law

AP | Posted 03.22.2012

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DALLAS -- A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that stopped a Dallas suburb's ban on undocumented immigrants seeking housing....

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New Immigration Detention Center Look Less Like Prison

AP | By WILL WEISSERT | Posted 03.14.2012

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KARNES CITY, Texas -- With free Internet access, cheap overseas phone calls, private bathrooms and no lights-out policy, the new immigration detention...

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UCSF Denies Dying Immigrant Kidney Transplant Despite Donor And Insurance

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.02.2012

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Jesus Navarro had everything he needed to get a kidney transplant in the United States--private insurance and a willing donor, his wife, with a compat...

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Ignored Tragedies Remain in Wake of Giffords Shooting Anniversary

Gabriel Schivone | Posted 03.11.2012

This week as communities the world over justly mourn the victims of last year's Tucson's shootings, the violent death of young Torres--one case in a larger pattern--remain barely known.

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